civil engineering

noun

civil engineering

/ sĭv′əl /

The branch of engineering that specializes in the design and construction of structures such as bridges, roads, and dams.

Civil engineering and political economy are the only optional studies with the women.

Civil engineering is a profession which keeps its followers pretty well out in the open.

After completing the course of the Boston High School, he turned his attention to civil engineering and architecture.

At the time of the erection of the Eddystone lighthouse civil engineering was greatly in advance of practical optics.

Course of mathematics and physical sciences greatly extended, with practical application to civil engineering.

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